"Rahşan Ecevit Rahşan Ecevit (""née"" Aral; born 1923) is the widow of Turkish politician and former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. She was born in Bursa, Turkey to a family from Şebinkarahisar, a town in the north-eastern Giresun Province. Her father was Namık Zeki Aral, and her mother Zahide Aral. Their family came from Thessaloniki after the population exchange agreement in 1920. Rahşan graduated from the American high school Robert College in İstanbul. She married her classmate Bülent Ecevit in 1946. Following the military coup in 1980 led by General Kenan Evren, her husband was imprisoned and was suspended from active"
"Bülent Ecevit. He was known for the support he gave to volleyball, basketball, athletics, football, kayaking and boxing. He was also praised for enhancing facilities for disabled athletes. Following his tenure as minister, he was given the 'Sportsman of the Year' award by numerous media corporations. He lost his seat and his government position in the 2002 general election, in which the DSP failed to surpass the 10% election threshold and was left with no representation in Parliament. Joining the Republican People's Party (CHP), Toprak became the Deputy Leader responsible for publicity, press and propaganda, administrative and financial affairs, in"
"for women and children in a country where polygamy is accepted and ‘honour’ killings are still a reality, and a more inclusive approach to the communities affected by the massive Southeastern Anatolia Project, but he concludes it will take a long time for the new thinking to percolate through the system. Morris recalls the economic crisis precipitated by the February 19, 2001, falling out between Prime Minister Ecevit and President Sezer that swept Tayyip Erdoğan to power in the 2002 election with a series of economic reforms based on a deal Turkish economist Kemal Derviş had agreed with the International"
"seats in the Turkish Parliament becoming the leading party. Its leader Bülent Ecevit became the Prime Minister of Turkey for the fifth time. The coalition government of DSP, MHP and ANAP pursued social and economic reforms and EU Harmonization reforms, and implemented changes to 34 articles of the Constitution. As Turkey suffered an economic crisis in 2000-2001, the government embarked on further economic reforms which included changes to the tender law, economic social council law, unemployment insurance, the restructuring of state banks, accreditation law, law on capital markets, and the law on industrial zones. The party staunchly opposed the invasion"
"survived. Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit stated that a crisis is stressful because of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) talks. Hikmet Uluğbay Hikmet Uluğbay (born 1939, Isparta, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. In 1961, he completed the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University. He received a degree from Southern California University. He served at Ministry of Finance Tokyo and Permanent Mission to NATO Financial and Economic Counselor, OECD Permanent Representative Aid, Washington Embassy Economy and Trade Chief Advisor, Treasury General Directorate, Bilkent University Lecturer, XX. XXI. He served as Minister of National Education between 1997*1999 and Deputy Prime Minister in"
"Yılmaz and the Nationalist Movement Party (, MHP) of Devlet Bahçeli. Ecevit's government undertook a number of reforms aimed at stabilizing the Turkish economy in preparation for accession negotiations with the European Union. Despite initial attempts to bring about economic reforms, an argument between Ecevit and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer in 2001 led to a financial crash due to the instability of both the government and the economic situation. The downfall of the government was speculated to also bring an end to an existing bailout package funded by the International Monetary Fund. Despite this, the government made swift progress in"
"after the Türkbank scandal, with Ecevit forming a DSP-only minority government until the 1999 general election. Özkan was made Deputy Prime Minister in this new government, serving alongside Hikmet Uluğbay. During his time as Deputy, he dealt with issues such as the Capture of Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdish militant Kurdistan Workers' Party. The DSP polled the highest in the 1999 general election, with Ecevit forming a coalition with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Motherland Party (ANAP). Özkan remained as Deputy Prime Minister, joined by the MHP's Devlet Bahçeli and ANAP's Mesut Yılmaz. During this government,"
"December 31, 1999, President Yeltsin unexpectedly resigned, handing the post to the recently appointed Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, who then won the 2000 presidential election. Putin suppressed the Chechen insurgency although sporadic violence still occurs throughout the Northern Caucasus. High oil prices and the initially weak currency followed by increasing domestic demand, consumption, and investments has helped the economy grow for nine straight years, improving the standard of living and increasing Russia's influence on the world stage. However, since the World economic crisis of 2008 and a subsequent drop in oil prices, Russia's economy has stagnated and poverty has again"
"1999. 56th government of Turkey The 56th government of Turkey (11 January 1999 – 28 May 1999) was a minority government led by Bülent Ecevit of Democratic Left Party (DSP). The election results of 1995 necessitated a series of coalition governments, all of which were unstable. Finally, Bülent Ecevit, the leader of DSP, was asked to form a minority government to serve as a caretaker government until new elections. Although DSP was the fourth party measured by seats, the others promised to support his government without formally participating in it. The government ended because of the elections held on 18"
"party has arguably resulted in large-scale political apathy within Turkey, since leaders have continued to remain as party leaders regardless of how disappointing their election performances have been. An example is former Democratic Left Party leader Bülent Ecevit, who stayed on as leader even though his party went from winning 22.2% of the vote in the 1999 general election to winning just 1.2% in the 2002 general election. Denis Baykal is another example, since he refused to resign after his party was wiped out in the 1999 general election for winning less than the 10% threshold necessary to win parliamentary"
"57th government of Turkey The 57th government of Turkey (28 May 1999 – 18 November 2002) was a coalition government led by Bülent Ecevit of Democratic Left Party (DSP). The number of seats gained by the most successful party in the elections held on 18 April 1999 was only 136 out of 550. Thus, at least three parties had to form the government. Ecevit asked Motherland Party (ANAP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to participate in the government. In the list below, the serving period of cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in"
"term). Before the vote to impeach Yeltsin dismissed Primakov government, and then with the consent of the State Duma appointed Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Government, but in August dismissed and submitting for approval of the candidacy of Vladimir Putin, a little-known at the time, and declared him his successor. After the aggravation of the situation in Chechnya, the attack on Dagestan, apartment bombings in Moscow, Buynaksk and Volgodonsk Boris Yeltsin at the suggestion of Vladimir Putin has decided to conduct a series of Chechen counter-terrorist operations. Putin's popularity has increased, and at the end of 1999, Yeltsin decided to"
"Boris Silayev Boris Ivanovich Silayev (, born February 28, 1946, in Lyalichi, Mikhaylovsky District, Primorsky Krai) is a former Kyrgyz politician. He is an ethnic Russian. His family moved to the Kyrgyz SSR when he was 10, and he graduated from the Frunze Polytechnic Institute in 1974. He was Mayor of Bishkek from 1995 to 1998. He served as acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from December 23 to December 25, 1998 and from April 4 to April 13, 1999. He was First Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000. Boris Silaev moved to Moscow in 2001 and currently serves as"
"assets for siphoning money into their other operations. As a result, in 1999 and 2001, the DSP government of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit had to face two major economic crises that were caused mostly by the weak and loosely regulated banking sector; the growing trade deficit; and the devastating İzmit earthquake of 17 August 1999. The Turkish lira, which was pegged to the U.S. dollar prior to the crisis of 2001, had to be floated, and lost an important amount of its value. This financial breakdown reduced the number of banks to 31. Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit had to call"
"Aliyev, however, and he formally returned to the post on 4 November 2003, after Ilham Aliyev was elected as president. He was succeeded in the position by Novruz Mammadov on 21 April 2018. As First Deputy Prime Minister Rasizade had been Acting Prime Minister from 20 July 1996 until formally assuming the post on 26 November of that year. Furthermore, as Acting First Deputy Prime Minister Rasizade held the same role from 31 October 2003, when Ilham Aliyev vacated the post to take up the presidency, until Aliyev had him formally re-appointed to the post on 4 November 2003. Finally,"
"partner (the Reformist Bloc) members of the parties in the Bloc (Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB), Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), Bulgaria for Citizens Movement (DBG) and Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BZNS)) were chosen for Minister positions. The vice chairman of the Alternative for Bulgarian Revival party Ivaylo Kalfin was voted for Depute Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Policy. In 1992 Zhelev won Bulgaria's first presidential elections and served as President until 1997. The second President was another member of the Union of Democratic Forces - Petar Stoyanov, who served until 2002. In 2001 leader of"
"just one month. Justice Party leader Süleyman Demirel subsequently took over as Prime Minister and formed a three-party nationalist coalition. Ecevit's CHP was able to bring down Demirel's government by 1978, after which he became Prime Minister for a third time by forming a government supported by some independent MPs. Ecevit resigned as Prime Minister in 1979 following an election defeat in the 1979 senate elections. Bülent Ecevit recalled that he learned for the first time of the existence of Operation Gladio, a secret ""stay-behind"" NATO army, in 1974. He has also said he suspected ""Counter-Guerrilla"", the Turkish branch of"
"markets to panic and the rouble to collapse in the 1998 Russian financial crisis. During the 1999 Kosovo war, Yeltsin strongly opposed the NATO military campaign against Yugoslavia, and warned of possible Russian intervention if NATO deployed ground troops to Kosovo. In televised comments he stated: ""I told NATO, the Americans, the Germans: Don't push us towards military action. Otherwise there will be a European war for sure and possibly a world war."" On 9 August 1999, Yeltsin fired his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time, fired his entire Cabinet. In Stepashin's place, he appointed Vladimir Putin,"
"lack of medicine, tight credit, slow production to fight inflation and increasing taxes. Stabilisation efforts had yet to produce any meaningful effects, and the IMF loan was widely seen as insufficient. On February 19, 2001, Prime Minister Ecevit emerged from a meeting with President Sezer saying, ""This is a serious crisis."" This underscored financial and political instability and led to further panic in the markets. Stocks plummeted and the interest rate reached 3,000%. Large quantities of Turkish lira were exchanged for U.S. dollars or euro, causing the Turkish central bank to lose $5 billion of its reserves. The crash triggered"
"of Colombia; Peter Roman, the former Romanian Prime Minister; Ricardo Lagos, the former President of Chile; Hamadi Jebali, the Tunisian former Prime Minister; Felipe Calderon, the former Mexican President; HE Mr. Olusegun, the former President of Nigeria; The Rt. Hon. James Bolger, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand; HE Dr. Abdel Salam Majali, the former Prime Minister of Jordan; HE Mr. Benjamin Mkapa, the former President of Tanzania; HE Mr. Peter Medgyessy, the former Prime Minister of Hungary; HE Mr. Viktor Yushchenko, the former President of Ukraine; HE Dr. Danilo Turk, the former President of Slovenia; HE Mr. Konstantinos"
"Deputy Director of Department of International Relations in Moscow Government. Boris Silayev Boris Ivanovich Silayev (, born February 28, 1946, in Lyalichi, Mikhaylovsky District, Primorsky Krai) is a former Kyrgyz politician. He is an ethnic Russian. His family moved to the Kyrgyz SSR when he was 10, and he graduated from the Frunze Polytechnic Institute in 1974. He was Mayor of Bishkek from 1995 to 1998. He served as acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from December 23 to December 25, 1998 and from April 4 to April 13, 1999. He was First Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000. Boris"
"56th government of Turkey The 56th government of Turkey (11 January 1999 – 28 May 1999) was a minority government led by Bülent Ecevit of Democratic Left Party (DSP). The election results of 1995 necessitated a series of coalition governments, all of which were unstable. Finally, Bülent Ecevit, the leader of DSP, was asked to form a minority government to serve as a caretaker government until new elections. Although DSP was the fourth party measured by seats, the others promised to support his government without formally participating in it. The government ended because of the elections held on 18 April"
"a doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1964. Returning to Turkey he completed his military service and then joined the faculty of Ankara University in 1967, becoming a full professor in the law faculty in 1978, and teaching there until 1995. In the 1995 and 1999 elections he was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Democratic Left Party (DSP). Under Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz he was Minister of State for Human Rights in 1997 and Minister of Defence in 1999 (January to May), and then Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. He left"
"the fourth-placed motherland Party (ANAP) as a junior partner. The DYP was consulted during coalition negotiations, but ended up in opposition. The DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition turned out to be one of the most stable in many years, surviving without change until Ecevit's hospitalisation and subsequent refusal to resign in 2002 prompted a wave of resignations from the DSP and an early general election. 1999 Turkish general election Turkey's 14th general election was held on Sunday April 18, 1999 and was the first election in Turkish history to combine local, council and parliamentary elections on the same day. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left"
"to 1998, Prime Minister from 24 March 1998 to 23 December 1998, Governor of Jalal-Abad Province from 1998 to 2001, Minister of Transport and Communications from 2001 to 2005, and First Vice Prime Minister from 2002–2005. He founded the Democratic Party Adilet party. He is married with four children. Kubanychbek Jumaliyev Kubanychbek Jumaliyev (Кубанычбек Мырзабекович Жумалиев) (born 26 April 1956) served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 24 March 1998 to 23 December 1998. He was born in Jalal-Abad Province. He graduated from Ryazan Radiotechnical Institute in 1978 and worked in Frunze Polytechnic Institute from 1978 to 1992. He"
"Norway, Princess Ayşe Gülnev Sultan, descendant of Mehmed V Reşâd, 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, John Atta Mills, Former President of Ghana, Luisa Diogo, Former Prime Minister of Mozambique, Bülent Ecevit, Former Prime Minister of Turkey. Around the world, several world leaders and political figures are alumni: Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and First and incumbent State Counsellor of Myanmar, Zairil Khir Johari, Member of the Malaysian Parliament, Amal Pepple, Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Nigeria, Aaron Mike Oquaye, Minister of Communication in Ghana, Hüseyin Çelik, Turkish Minister of Education, Femi Fani Kayode,"
"is held by a finance minister from the former socialist bloc. In June 2012 Simeon Djankov has been invited to join the World Bank Knowledge Advisory Council. On February 18, 2013 Djankov resigned in protest of the decision by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to advance subsidies to farmers. On February 20, 2013, PM Borisov announced the resignation of the government due to increasing levels of violence in the protests due to high electricity prices. Djankov continued to serve as finance minister until a caretaker government was formed a month later. As Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Djankov was responsible for the"
"party, but it refused to do so. The party boycotted the second round of the 1994 elections claiming fraud in the first round. After winning the 1998 election, VMRO–DPMNE surprised many people when finally forming a coalition government with an ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic Party of Albanians. After their victory in the elections, they formed a new government with Ljubčo Georgievski as Prime Minister. In 1999, VMRO–DPMNE's candidate Boris Trajkovski was elected President, completing VMRO–DPMNE's takeover. Once in office, Trajkovski adopted a more moderate policy than expected. VMRO–DPMNE's government was defeated at the 2002 legislative elections. In an alliance"
"as a deputy prime minister in a coalition led by Bülent Ecevit from 1999 to 2002. After his failure to win entry into the Grand National Assembly in 2002 elections, Yılmaz retired from politics to pursue a teaching career. He was charged by the state public prosecutor with corruption during his tenure as prime minister relating to the privatization of Turkish Trade Bank. In 2006 the Supreme Court suspended the case for five years, so that the charges would be dropped if no similar charges arose in that period. Yılmaz announced that he would return to politics. In the 2007"
"and the Macedonian government filed a formal extradition request. Hungary's opposition parties are calling on the Hungarian government to arrest and quickly extradite the fugitive former Macedonian PM, back to the Republic of Macedonia. On 20 November 2018, Nikola Gruevski was granted political asylum by the Hungarian authorities. Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski ( ; ; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician and fugitive. He served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 27 August 2006 to 18 January 2016, and led the VMRO-DPMNE party from May 2003 until December 2017. He was Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government"
"as corrupt. The subsequent protests led to a bloodless coup on 24 March 2005, after which Akayev fled the country with his family and was replaced by acting president Kurmanbek Bakiyev (see: Tulip Revolution). On 10 July 2005, acting president Bakiyev won the presidential election in a landslide, with 88.9% of the vote, and was inaugurated on 14 August. However, initial public support for the new administration substantially declined in subsequent months as a result of its apparent inability to solve the corruption problems that had plagued the country since its independence from the Soviet Union, along with the murders"
"listed 5,388 political killings before the military coup. Among the victims were 1,296 right-wingers and 2,109 left-wingers. The others could not clearly be related. The 1978 Bahçelievler Massacre, the 1977 Taksim Square massacre with 35 victims and the 1978 Maraş massacre with over 100 victims are some notable incidents. Martial law was announced following the Kahramanmaraş Massacre in 14 of (then) 67 provinces in December 1978. At the time of the coup martial law had been extended to 20 provinces. Ecevit was warned about the coming coup in June 1979 by Nuri Gündeş of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). Ecevit"
"Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski ( ; ; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician and fugitive. He served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 27 August 2006 to 18 January 2016, and led the VMRO-DPMNE party from May 2003 until December 2017. He was Minister of Finance in the VMRO-DPMNE government led by Ljubčo Georgievski until September 2002. Under the Pržino Agreement mediated by the European Union, Gruevski agreed to resign and left his post on 18 January 2016. In May 2018, he was sentenced to two years in prison on corruption charges. In November 2018, he was ordered"